Interesting Links for 04-07-2012
Jul. 4th, 2012 12:00 pm- Details emerge about the land submerged under the North Sea thousands of years ago, and the people who lived there.
- UK music - singles up 8%, albums down 13%. How do they count it when I buy just three tracks from an album?
- RIM and Nokia - spinning into oblivion (particularly RIM. If Nokia can sell Windows Phones they have a chance)
- Inside the library of awesome geekiness
- Cycle Facility of the Month.
Seriously, what were people thinking? I really want to know!
- Exposure to Dogs Could Protect Kids From Asthma
- Trek's Picardo shares sly trick that won him a First Contact cameo
- The Anatomy Formerly Known as the Hymen & the Myths That Surround It
- 6 Famous Symbols That Don't Mean What You Think
- Natalie Bennett For Green Party Leader!
- Sorted This Way - a Lady Gaga/Harry Potter Parody.
It is so awesome that amateur stuff looks this good.
- Musician releases song to radio but not shops, another musician releases cover version to shops, gets lots of sales.
That's hilarious. The "Release to just the radio to build anticipation" strategy always seemed remarkably stupid to me. Especially nowadays.
- The NHS will need extra £20bn a year by 2020
- A new report comes up with a better way to size up wealth
- EU says you can resale software licenses. Waiting for someone to take Valve to court...
- The Girl Who Fixed the Umlaut (satire of the Stief Larsson books. Very funny.)
- Louis C.K. sells tickets himself, cuts scalping by 96%